Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
PERSECUTION CONTINUED, IN WHICH SAUL TAKES A PROMINENT PART--HOW OVERRULED FOR GOOD. (Acts 8:1-4)
Saul was consenting unto his death--The word expresses hearty approval.
they were all scattered abroad--all the leading Christians, particularly the preachers, agreeably to their Lord's injunctions (Matthew 10:23), though many doubtless remained, and others (as appears by Acts 9:26-30) soon returned.
except the apostles--who remained, not certainly as being less exposed to danger, but, at whatever risk, to watch over the infant cause where it was most needful to cherish it.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 8:7
Acts 7:58
Acts 8:1
2 Corinthians 11:9
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